EP0628496A1 - Boîte-distributeur pour pilules - Google Patents

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EP0628496A1
EP0628496A1 EP94201526A EP94201526A EP0628496A1 EP 0628496 A1 EP0628496 A1 EP 0628496A1 EP 94201526 A EP94201526 A EP 94201526A EP 94201526 A EP94201526 A EP 94201526A EP 0628496 A1 EP0628496 A1 EP 0628496A1
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container
lid
shell
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Franco Lusetti
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LUCKY Srl
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0481—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the articles passing through a small opening or passage, without additional dispensing devices and without retaining means for the following article

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  • This invention relates to a container for tablets or the like, consisting substantially of two half-shells of plastics material which fit together under pressure by means of male-female insertion elements.
  • One corner of one half-shell can be turned about a linear section of elastic flexibility and comprises a profiled edge which, when closed by pressing, engages with flanges projecting from the peripheral edge of the corresponding complementary corner of the other half-shell.
  • the peripheral edge of said corner comprises a projecting rim for retaining tablets, and spacers for limiting the discharge passage of said tablets.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve the problem of constructional simplicity and economy, together with the necessary functionality and suitability for dispensing one at a time the products contained in the container.
  • the container consists of only two half-shells of plastics material or the like, which fit together by the mutual insertion of male-female elements under pressure; combined with and integral with the two half-shells there are also formed the lid for opening and closing the container together with the relative hinge and the fixed means to which said lid is secured by snap action on closure; in correspondence with its aperture, the container comprises a collection region for the discharged products, with a retention rim and spacer means for guiding and limiting the discharge of the products; the interior space of the container is sufficiently large to allow uniform dispensing, adjacently in plan, of a single layer of products such as tablets, pills, sugar-coated pills, sweets and the like.
  • the advantages provided by the present invention consist essentially of the fact that the container is of simple and rapid construction, of very low production cost, and easy to use for the measured dispensing of its contents.
  • the container is of very small dimensions and in particular thickness, and can be easily carried in the pocket and/or handbag.
  • the figures show a container for tablets, pills, sugar-coated pills, sweets or the like (1), consisting substantially of two half-shells (2) and (3), which fit securely together by means of male (4) and female (5) insertion elements formed directly during the moulding of the half-shells.
  • intermediate spacers (6) which, on fitting together, rest against the inner wall of the half-shell opposite that from which they project.
  • the two half-shells (2) and (3) are provided with conjugate profiles, the purpose of which is to centre and seal the parts when fitted together.
  • the half-shells are fitted together by simple pressing.
  • the container has its aperture at one corner; it comprises a lid (8) which is substantially integral with one of the half-shells, for example the upper (3), the hinge (9) about which the lid turns consisting of a strip of the same material of reduced thickness, and possibly undulated.
  • the lid (8) and half-shell (3) are connected together along the hinge (9), which is nothing more than an intrinsically elastic continuous section of the same material, of reduced thickness and possibly undulated.
  • the container is preferably constructed of elastic plastics material.
  • the lid (8) is provided with bent edges which, on closure, elastically engage, under snap action by slight manual pressure, over two lateral flanges (11) projecting from the lateral edges (16) of that corner portion of the lower half-shell (2) complementary to the lid (8).
  • the lower half-shell (2) comprises a retention rim (12) and two opposing lateral spacers (13) which define a passage compartment (14).
  • the container is constructed with sufficient thickness to totally contain sugar-coated pills, sweets, pills, tablets or the like in a substantially aligned manner; at the moment of use, having snap-raised the lid (8) by elastically releasing its bent edges from the grip of the lateral flanges (8), it is sufficient to downwardly incline the corner corresponding to the aperture and allow the the products to slide from the inside to the outside through the passage compartment (14), defined by the spacers (13).
  • the tablets (1) or the like After passing through the passage (14), the tablets (1) or the like halt against the rim (12). In this position they can be collected and consumed, leaving the space available for the next discharge.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
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  • Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
EP94201526A 1993-06-02 1994-05-30 Boîte-distributeur pour pilules Withdrawn EP0628496A1 (fr)

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ITRE930042U 1993-06-02
ITRE930042 IT231000Y1 (it) 1993-06-02 1993-06-02 contenitore per pastiglie, o simili.

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ES (1) ES1026904Y (fr)
FR (1) FR2705950A1 (fr)
IT (1) IT231000Y1 (fr)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0854096A1 (fr) * 1996-05-27 1998-07-22 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Boitier-carte a couvercle articule
EP1440018A1 (fr) * 2001-08-21 2004-07-28 Yosha Enterprises, Inc. Recipient de distribution
WO2008030906A2 (fr) * 2006-09-08 2008-03-13 Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company Récipient pour produit alimentaire

Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2722309A (en) * 1953-05-11 1955-11-01 Neil S Waterman Tablet dispensing container with slide closure
EP0448175A1 (fr) * 1990-03-20 1991-09-25 Sara Lee/DE N.V. Distributeur destiné à contenir et distribuer des produits comme par exemple des pilules
DE9110620U1 (de) * 1991-08-28 1991-10-10 Roland Arzneimittel GmbH, 2000 Hamburg Vorratsdose für Tabletten und/oder Pillen

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2722309A (en) * 1953-05-11 1955-11-01 Neil S Waterman Tablet dispensing container with slide closure
EP0448175A1 (fr) * 1990-03-20 1991-09-25 Sara Lee/DE N.V. Distributeur destiné à contenir et distribuer des produits comme par exemple des pilules
DE9110620U1 (de) * 1991-08-28 1991-10-10 Roland Arzneimittel GmbH, 2000 Hamburg Vorratsdose für Tabletten und/oder Pillen

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0854096A1 (fr) * 1996-05-27 1998-07-22 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Boitier-carte a couvercle articule
EP0854096A4 (fr) * 1996-05-27 2000-04-26 Dainippon Printing Co Ltd Boitier-carte a couvercle articule
US6247595B1 (en) * 1996-05-27 2001-06-19 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Flat tablet case with a hinged cap
EP1440018A1 (fr) * 2001-08-21 2004-07-28 Yosha Enterprises, Inc. Recipient de distribution
EP1440018A4 (fr) * 2001-08-21 2005-10-12 Yosha Entpr Inc Recipient de distribution
WO2008030906A2 (fr) * 2006-09-08 2008-03-13 Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company Récipient pour produit alimentaire
WO2008030906A3 (fr) * 2006-09-08 2008-07-17 Wrigley W M Jun Co Récipient pour produit alimentaire

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ES1026904U (es) 1994-06-16
ITRE930042V0 (it) 1993-06-02
ES1026904Y (es) 1995-02-16
FR2705950A1 (fr) 1994-12-09
ITRE930042U1 (it) 1994-12-02
IT231000Y1 (it) 1999-07-05

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